Hey Kurt, What you're talking about is actually a common situation, but unfortunately, what you're trying to do would be a bad method of accomplishing this.
If you're looking to build an offline application, there's many things to keep in mind and questions you should ask before you decide how you'd like to build it. 1 - How often will the data be changing? Will it need to be synced so that everyone is using the same data? How often should you synchronize it? How will similar changes be handled? 2 - What kinds of front ends are you comfortable building? Will this need to be web enabled or will it mostly be used offline? Is there a possibility that this could be run on a Linux machine? Will there be multiple UI's such as a desktop and a server application? 3 - Depending on the UI, is Access the right choice? Could SQLite or another portable DB be used instead? Would it be better if the user couldn't directly edit the DB? Would it be worse? 4 - Does your client understand the added costs of having this type of application built? How much support are you able to provide after the fact as these applications have more failure points than the average DB application? I hope this helps... Cheers, Kevin -------- http://www.keslabs.com http://crd.keslabs.com -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Kaptein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 16, 2005 12:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Offline application I have a customer who would like an application developed that I would like to do in coldfusion, but they insist that it be built for their local desktop and then the data transferred via disk so that another individual who has no access to the internet can work on it. I do not need to worry about syncing the data as it is a mom or daughter team that work on the app. Is there something like coldfusion I could use for an offline app. I was just going to use acess for data storage. I do not want develop a access front end. This has always been a pain Any direction is much appreciated Sincerely, Kurt Kaptein Kurt Kaptein Spectrum Net Designs, Inc PO Box 806 Grandville, MI 49468 Toll Free: 866-773-2638 Fax: 616-538-5691 Website: www.spectrumnetdesigns.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215290 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
